$50,000 Up For Grabs In Ecobank Africa Fintech Challenge.
The banking group, Ecobank Group, has launched the fifth edition of the Ecobank Fintech Challenge and has encouraged African Fintech entrepreneurs to enter the competition. The...
eNaira Hackathon: Central Bank of Nigeria, Fintech Support Org To Support Ten Start Ups.
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) in collaboration with the Africa Fintech Foundry (AFF) ; an Access Bank initiative that aims to nurture and accelerate...
Morocco Capital Market Authority Sets Up Fintech Portal.
Morocco’s capital markets regulator, the Moroccan Capital Market Authority (AMMC), recently announced the launch of a new fintech portal on its website with the objective...
Nigeria Fintech Access: Only 35% Have Smartphones; Expert.
The Chief Product Officer of a Nigeria fintech payment system, Brian Manuwuike, said that financial technology companies can only serve about 35 per cent of the...
More Woes For Flutterwave As Bank Of Ghana Opens Investigation for The African Fintech Start-up.
The Ghanaian government is looking into the financial record of Flutterwave, and has ordered financial institutions to provide details relating to the firm’s operational accounts....
Kenya’s Central Bank Bans Two Leading Nigeria Fintech Start-up Over License.
The Central Bank Of Kenya's supervision deputy director, Matu Mugo, in a circular, directed all regulated banks, microfinance and mortgage finance institutions to end their...
Nigeria Central Bank To Focus On Crypto, Fintech… In New Monetary Policy.
The Governor, Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, Godwin Emefiele, has said that the Monetary Policy Committee will chart a new course for an improved monetary...
Fintech Nigeria Owners Jailed In US Over $160 Million Sent To Nigeria.
The owners of a Fintech payment platform, PING Express based in Texas with ties to the UK pleaded guilty in the US to money laundering...
Kenya Freezes Nigeria Fintech Start-up Accounts Including Flutterwaves, Over $57 Million Money Laundering Allegations.
Kenyan Court has frozen 56 bank accounts holding a whopping Sh7 billion ($56.7 Million) suspected to have been laundered by foreign nationals through Flutterwave tech...
Fintech Firm Piggy Vest Acquires Nigeria Payment/ Social App Abeg.
Popular Nigerian payment app and social commerce platform Abeg on Monday announced it's rebranding Pocket by Piggyvest, following it's acquisition by online savings platform Piggy...